Translation

There are others, but the best WordPress translation plugin is Poedit, a cross-platform gettext catalogs (.po files) editor.

The Formats

.mo stands for Machine Object
— compiled export of the .po file which is used by WordPress

.po stands for Portable Object
— editable text file with the translations strings
— based on the master .pot file, using Update from POT file PoEdit function
— some folks distribute this as a master file, but it should be used only for translations

.pot stands for Portable Object Template
— editable text file used to grab all the translatable strings from WordPress itself and Themes and Plugins, using Update from Sources PoEdit function

The Procedure

Duplicate the .pot file and rename it to plugin-basename-lang_COUNTRY.po

Example for the coming soon plugin case: scs_lng-pt_BR.po
— pt_BR means Portuguese Brazil, but many languages don’t have a country variation…
— you’ll have to fill in with your own language

WPLANG in wp-config.php file must be set to your language, e.g., pt_BR

Every time you save the .po file, PoEdit automatically generates a .mo file, which is the one WordPress uses and basically the only one you need to upload

Observations

If you do a full or a decent partial translation of WordPress Coming Soon plugin, submit it to the plugin author so he can include it in the Repository and you get credited for it.

Don’t forget to make a backup of your translation, because if you upgrade the Coming Soon plugin by Supsystic your file will be lost.

Available translations: English

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